380 weeks ago
In light of growing violence in major Egyptian cities and their suburbs, the Russian Federal Tourism Agency (Rostourism) has called on all Russian tourists vacationing in that country to take the opportunity to fly back home earlier than they originally planned.

380 weeks ago
Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Ministry has warned tourists against visiting Egypt as political protests continue in the North African nation. “Any hypothetical financial losses for those who prepaid their vacations in Egypt are not comparable with a tangible possibility to lose life or health,” the ministry said in a statement today on its website. Egypt is one of the most popular tourist destinations for Ukrainians and about 300,000 visit the country annually, according to the Association of Leaders in Ukrainian Tourist Business. Read more.

381 weeks ago
Former Ukrainian Vice Premier Hryhoriy Nemyria has expressed hope that top Polish officials will give a reaction to the ban on Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko's visit to Brussels.

381 weeks ago
The remains of Hitler's Eastern Front military headquarters in Ukraine plan to turn the site into a tourist attraction. The museum hopes to open on May 9, the anniversary of the Victory Day over Fascism. "It's time to make the Wehrwolf headquarters a tourist destination, a memorial to the victims of facism," Mykola Djiga, head of the administration, tells a local news agency. Read more.

381 weeks ago
Ukraine's government says it has banned former prime minister and lead opposition figure Yulia Tymoshenko from leaving the country to attend a meeting of top officials in Brussels. Tymoshenko is under investigation for corruption and abuse of office while she led the government from 2007 to 2010. She has denied the charges, and said she is the subject of political repression. Read the story here.

381 weeks ago
Member of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction Andriy Shkil has described the Prosecutor General's Office's ban on Batkivschyna Party Leader Yulia Tymoshenko's traveling abroad as political repression.

381 weeks ago
A billionaire donor to the University of Cambridge has filed a libel lawsuit against a Ukrainian paper, the Kyiv Post, citing his donations to the University as one of the reasons he has chosen to pursue the case through the British Courts. Dmitry Firtash, a gas-trading oligarch with strong connections to the President of Ukraine, has donated on a number of occasions to the University to help fund Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, based within the University’s Department for Slavonic Studies. On its website the graduate course is described as "Western Europe’s premier programme in the study of the culture and language of Ukraine." Read the story here.

"The quantity of measures of control has decreased significantly, and the number of applications to the State Commission for Regulating Markets of Financial Services over problem questions is increasing times, in fact, these remain unresolved," the Accounting Chamber noted.

382 weeks ago
The number of people suffering from respiratory infections requiring medical assistance in Kyiv over the past week (Jan. 17-23) decreased by 14.2% compared to the previous week, the press service of Kyiv City State Administration reported on Monday.

383 weeks ago
The number of deaths in the seasonal flu epidemic has more than doubled in the past week to 254, up from 112 last week, figures from the government's Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed on Thursday.

383 weeks ago
Tokyo – Ukraine and Japan are to start realizing a three-year training program on tourism promotion this year as a part of cooperation in the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) plus Japan format.

383 weeks ago
TUNIS: The greed shown by former Tunisian president Ben Ali's wife, Leila, forced people to revolt against the ruling dispensation. Dubbed as Imelda Marcos of the Arab world, Leila, a former hairdresser, was known for her love of wealth and its trappings. The woman, who came from a humble background,was branded "The Regent of Carthage' ' for her power behind the throne and her love of money, luxury cars and opulent homes. Read the story here.

383 weeks ago
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recommends the citizens of Ukraine to refrain from trips to Tunisia because of the political unrest which drove the president from the country, the ministry's spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov told Interfax-Ukraine on Saturday.

383 weeks ago
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recommends the citizens of Ukraine to refrain from trips to Tunisia because of the political unrest which drove the president from the country, the ministry's spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov told Interfax-Ukraine on Saturday.

383 weeks ago
Brussels, January 15 (Interfax) - Russia expects in the near future to coordinate a list of steps with the European Union to switch ultimately to visa-free travel, a high-ranking Russian diplomat said.

383 weeks agoEditor’s Note: On Jan. 7, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a speech in London in which he vowed to improve free-speech protections in the United Kingdom, including preventing abuse of the nation's weak libel protections by foreign plaintiffs.

384 weeks ago
Any reform of England’s anachronistic, freedom-quelling, opinion-policing libel laws would be a more than welcome step towards extending free speech and open debate for journalists, writers, academics and other members of the public. Read the story here.

384 weeks ago
The wife of the alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, extradited to the United States from Thailand late last year, said on Monday she would petition to the U.S. Federal Court for his release on bail. Pre-trial hearings in Bout's case have been moved from January 10 to Jan. 21. Read more.

384 weeks ago
A study of antibodies from people infected with H1N1 swine flu adds proof that scientists are closing in on a "universal" flu shot that could neutralize many types of flu strains, including H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

384 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. government officials lowered recommended limits for fluoride in water on Friday, Jan. 7, saying some children may be getting tooth damage from too much.

385 weeks ago
The Ukraine history possesses two unique features. Kievan Rus' is the predecessor of three nations-modern Belarusians, Russians, and Ukrainians. Original state history was written by the foreigners.